suspense
悬念,悬疑,悬疑片,悬赏
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Definitions
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- : a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
- : a state of mental indecision.
- : undecided or doubtful condition, as of affairs: For a few days matters hung in suspense.
- : the state or condition of being suspended.
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Examples
Unfortunately, there’s just no real suspense to the various challenges facing our heroes.
It’s there that this publishing satire transforms into a lively suspense novel as Florence is forced to reckon with the person she’s become in her quest for fame.
Highsmith’s work will give you an unforgettable mix of pleasure and suspense.
This is one of those games that knows how to ratchet up the suspense to get you talking to yourself.
A Rose Bowl national semifinal widely forecast to lack suspense wound up lacking suspense, unless you want to count the art exhibit.
It has all the elements necessary for drama, controversy, and suspense.
The suspense was only over who would kill it: Obama or the Democrats.
Like any good suspense novelist, Shields is a master of evasion and sleight-of-hand.
But those two identifications are still subjects of debate, a problem that adds to the suspense now mounting at Amphipolis.
Is it possible that there is an anti-feminist element buried in the nature of suspense itself?
The suspense with which Louis listened to this perfidious confederation, was almost insufferable.